112 FRUIT-GARDENING. 



The Managers of the American Institute having at their 

 nineteenth Annual Fair, held at Castle Garden, in the City of 

 New York, awarded premiums for Native Wine, I here insert a 

 copy of the Judges' Report. 



"Report on Native Wine tested October 21st, 1846, by C. 

 HENRY HALL, W. NIBLO, and ADONIRAM CHANDLER, Com- 

 mittee of Judges on Wine.'' 1 



" The five kinds of wine described below, were sent by Mr. N. 

 Longworth, of Cincinnati, Ohio, to whom a Silver Cup was 

 awarded. 



" No. 1. A fine light wine, called ' Ladies' Wine,' with sugar 

 added before fermentation ; delicious in flavor, and will com- 

 pete with foreign sweet wine. 



" No. 2. A light dry wine, from the Catawba grape ; sound, 

 of peculiar flavor, resembling that of Hock, and of the Bouquet. 



" No. 3. A good dry wine, of pure juice, different vintage 

 from the last described, but good sound wine, although not 

 high flavored. 



" No. 4. A dry wine from the pure juice of the Herbemont 

 Grape. It is sound, of the peculiar flavor of the grape, and 

 will without doubt be admired. 



" No. 5. From the Missouri Grape, five per cent, brandy. 

 The wine is thin in body, and wanting flavor, perhaps arising 

 from our not having had a fair chance of tasting it at perfection, 

 it having been recently shaken up." 



A Silver Medal was awarded for each of the bottles described 

 below. 



A bottle of wine furnished by Mr. T. L. Prevost, Greenville, 

 Greene county, was tested, which was represented to be four 

 years old.- " A sort of Hock, of fine flavor, but in a state of 

 fermentation, the sugar not being dissolved and the spirit 

 formed." 



A bottle from Mr. Charles Peabody, made by him from a 

 native grape found on the banks of the Uchee creek, in Russell 



